Administration immunization each additional vaccine at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton

1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$74.39

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$253.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.46 with HPSJ vs $253.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $4.46 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $4.46 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $53.13 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $53.13 ↓ -29%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $113.85 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $151.80 ↑ +104%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $182.16 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $207.46 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $212.52 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $212.52 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Options PPO $225.17 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $253.00 ↑ +240%

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Administration immunization each additional vaccine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $118.77 $20.80 – $166.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $56.51 $17.92 – $88.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.58 $15.17 – $35.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $90.78 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $98.87 $115.50 – $226.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $139.86 $7.77 – $29.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $90.56 $62.37 – $226.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $83.48 $112.50 – $180.00

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